| 词汇 | vuvuzela |
| 释义 | vuvuzela noun[ C ] uk /ˌvuː.vuːˈzeɪ.lə/ us /ˌvuː.vuːˈzeɪ.lə/ a long simple musical instrument that produces a single loud note and is blown by South African football supporters at games巫巫兹拉，呜呜祖拉（一种南非足迷在助威时使用的长形喇叭状乐器，能发出巨大的声响） Dovapi/iStock/Getty Images Plus/GettyImages Musical instruments accordion acoustically aerophone alphorn alto drum kit drum machine drumbeat drumhead drumroll ocarina oud over-pedal panpipes paradiddle tubular bells tuned tuning fork tuning peg ukulele Examples of vuvuzelavuvuzela But the whiners and complainers are finding the vuvuzela isn't easy to defeat. From ESPN Vuvuzela fans, what few there may be, have been silenced. From MLive.com When noise becomes as loud as a vuvuzela, however, it becomes impossible to habituate to the sound. From ABC News The vuvuzela is like a straightened trumpet and is played by blowing a raspberry into the mouthpiece. From ABC News Blown on a vuvuzela or bought something bargainous? From TIME But like it or not, the vuvuzela is gathering supporters, one bleat at a time. From ESPN But some more-mischievous developers have used tricks similar to the vuvuzela fanfare to mess with pirates. From Wired The universe is shaped like a vuvuzela. From NPR These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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